Chapter 4: Sickness

Normal POV

It looked like the storm last night already stopped. Although the sky is still dark but, everything started to go normal again. But, it seems everything will be on the same state in this room. The room that supposed to be their place to protect themselves from the heavy rain last night.

And in this room, there were two people sharing the same bed. They were a raven-haired boy and blonde-haired girl. It seems, one of them was not aware what had happened last night. Until the blonde started to gain her consciousness and saw there was someone in front of her with a very muscular body giving his warmth to her. For a moment, she just blinked her eyes and wanted to sleep back. But, after she looked up and seeing his face sleeping peacefully, she started to jolt up from her deep slumber. Because of a sudden movement from her sleeping state, it makes Lucy's head become dizzy.

Then she started to look at herself only wearing her pink bra and pink pants. Not only that, she also seeing someone who just sleeping with her was topless. She started to curse herself and wondering what had happened. "YOU! YOU ICE BASTARD! GET OUT OFF HERE!" Lucy started to kick Gray that still in his deep slumber. As the result, he got up in respond of her kicks.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?" Lucy pointed her fingers towards Gray while one of her hand tried to covering her semi-nude body with the blanket.

"Oh you already up, Luce hoamh…good morning."

"GOOD MORNING?! DON'T JUST GOOD MORNING ME YOU JERK! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE! AND….AND….WHY….WHY WE ARE-" Lucy stuttered.

"Why we are on the same bed? You really didn't remember anything, did you?" Gray smirked towards her and started to reach her slowly. "Or should I tell you what had happened last night in detail?" Gray said with his teasing manner. Now, both of them could feel the warmness because the contact of their skin touching. And now their faces just inches apart, and it successfully made Lucy in shock and blushed.

"I wonder, are you really forgotten what had happened last night or are you just pretending?" Gray smirked again towards her.

"Whaa…you…you are too…too close. And I…I really didn't have any idea why…why both of us…here."

"Too close you said? We were even closer than this last night." Gray whispered it to Lucy's ear which made her flinch and blushed so red.

"You even marked me here and here. You are so aggressive, Luce." Gray smirked again towards her while he showed her the kiss mark that she made. She couldn't believe with what she saw in front of her. Was that truly her who did that? No it's impossible, how could he and I? But for some reason she started to remember everything, and it successfully made her head in pain.

Flash back

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After Lucy's let out all of her cries, silent started to envelop both of them. But it didn't last long, until for all of sudden she giggled and it made our Gray looked at her in horror. "Wait? Why am I crying and told you all of this?! Haha, it's ridiculous. Moreover, I am better than you in everything! Hic…maybe, this is just my bad luck and the fortune goddess just exist there to help you. Hic! I know all of that Gray Fullbuster! Hic…as you know, it is impossible for you to beat me the queen of the underworld (*?) and I will beat all of the humanity that exist in this world! Including you Gray! Hic…" As hearing her last rambling, he twitched his eyebrows and has a conclusion if the alcohol started to take her control again.

Now, Lucy started to stand from where she sit and push Gray to go away from her. As the result, Gray almost fall from the bed but, luckily Gray could gain his balance. For almost a ten minutes Lucy keep rambling about being the queen of underworld and wanted to conquer the human world. She even said, the human world is too hot to be live and she even saying that she was standing in the middle of fire.

"DAMN YOU THE FILTHY HUMAN! YOUR WORLD IS TOO HOT! AND NOW THIS YOURHIGHNESS WILL COMMAND YOU TO FREEZE THIS WORLD OR ELSE I WILL SENTENCE YOU TO DEATH!" Shout Lucy and pointed her finger towards Gray. While Gray tried his best to calm her, she started to open her clothes and throw it. Which, make her only wear her pink bra and pink pants. Gray's eyes got wide seeing what in front of him. And now, Lucy wanted to get off her bra from her. But before she could do that, Gray catch both of her hands. "Oh my god Lucy! What the hell are you doing?! Please wake up to your senses!"

"Who are you? Hic…you dare to give a command to the queen of underworld like me, huh! Just die and got to the hell!" Lucy started to kick Gray's leg and tried her best to release her hands from Gray's lock. As the result, both of them lost their balance and fall to the bed with Lucy on top of Gray.

"HUAHAHAHA! NOW I AM FREE! JUST BE READYYOU'RE YOUR PUNISHMENT YOU FILTHY HUMAN!"

"OH NO! NO! YOU ARE NOT HUMAN! YOU ARE MONSTER PUDDING! GO AWAY FROM HERE! DON'T EAT ME!" Lucy started to punch Gray with pillow and bolster. Gray keep dodged Lucy's attack and still tried his best to gain Lucy consciousness. But the results still the same.

"For heaven sake! Wake up to you senses Lucy! Oh god! What should I do to wake you up?!" Gray tried to catch both of her hands but it always slips away from him. Lucy even, hurt him with her nails which made him flinch in pain. Damn, I wonder why she could be this strong!

"Alright, if this is not working to make you die, I'll do what Miss. Fairy suggests me to do. PUDDING WILL DIE IF WE EAT THEM! HUAHAHA BE PREPARED TO VANISHED FOREVER FROM THIS MORTAL WORLD MONSTER PUDDING! I WILL EAT YOU RIGHT AWAY!" Hearing what Lucy's said made Gray's eyes got wide in shock. He wanted to stop what Lucy will do after that but it was too late. Lucy already attacked him and started to lick his neck, suck and bite it like a vampire. As the result it left a red mark on there. She is not only stopped there but, Lucy started to move to another place, that is his collarbone and stop to his abdomen.

Damn! I couldn't bear it anymore. It will be bad if it is keep continuing. Right after that Gray could see an open chance and he reversed the situation with taking the main control. Now Gray was on top of her, pinned her down and locked her movement. What he did next was beyond Lucy's expectation. For all of a sudden he kissed her forehead and said gently to her, "Stop it right now, or else…I'll be something dangerous." For a moment, silence started to envelop them. Until then, Gray could say her facial expression changing to something soft and she even give him a beautiful smile, and then hug him tight.

"Uwaaaah, Mister Teddy Bear! I didn't expect you to come here. I am so lonely, could you sleep with me and hug me tight until morning?" For a moment Gray thought that this ruckus will be stopped. But it was totally wrong. Gray only blinked his eyes and returned her hug. And this story will be the reason why these people that really hate each other could sleep in the same bed and hugging each other until morning.

Flash back end.

After successfully recollecting her lost memory, now all of her body was trembling. How could she didn't remember all of this memory? Now she looked at him, and he looked back at her with his playful smirk. "Have you remembered it all, luce?"

For a moment she didn't response for what Gray said to her until then, Lucy started to look at him sharply. "YOU DAMN BASTARD! GO AWAY FROM HERE FIRST! I WANT TO CHANGE MY CLOTHES!" She began to throw everything at him but instead of going, he even got closer to her and looked right into her eyes. Gray even could see her blush clearly. "Why should I go? You and I even be husband and wife next Saturday. If you want to change, change here."

Hearing what Gray said to her make her blush become redder automatically. And it successfully made him laugh so hard. He even said to Lucy that she was cute when her cheeks are red like a tomato. "Alright I won't tease you anymore, there is a bathroom over there you could use it to change your clothes or even bath. I'll enter after you." Said Gray to Lucy while he was wiping the tears that formed in his eyes because of the laughter. Right after that, Lucy grabs her clothes from Gray's hand and run as fast as possible into the bath room.

Inside Gray's car, Lucy could see that it was already past noon when they were left the inn. Her head still hurt because the effect of alcohol she drank last night. But she started to wonder to herself, how many did she drink until she was going insane like that? And the most important thing is that she even missed her class today. Well, not only Lucy that missed the class but Gray too. And it made everyone in the campus wonder, where they've gone.

Now, both of them were heading towards their home. After Gray arrived at Lucy's house, both of them were surprised when they saw all of their family on there, and worried expression was appeared on their face.

"Lucy, my child! Where have you been!? I tried to reach your phone all night but you didn't answer it, I even called your faculty and faculty trustee but they didn't have any idea where have you been." Layla said while hugging Lucy tightly. Tears already formed on her eyes before they were falling down. Gray started to curse himself, he wonder why he could forget to tell both of their parents that they were trapped because of the heavy rain and run out of fuel?

After Layla burst out her tears and hug her beloved Lucy. Ur and Silver also come to hug Gray tightly. "You know, how worried we are? Why you didn't call me or told me what happened?" said Ur between her sobs.

"Sorry, I forgot to tell you what had happened last night. Both of us were trapped in the heavy rain, and moreover my car was run out of fuel. So, we decided to search the nearby inn and stayed there."

For a moment, silence started to envelop and a surprising expression started to appear on their parents expression. "Ahem…so you say, you and Lucy stayed together in an inn just now?" asked Silver to his son. And Gray replied it with a nod. Just now, their worried expression becomes happy and joyful expression. Especially Layla, her eyes were glimmering with light and she approaching Gray, and held his hand which made Gray looked dumbfounded.

"Oh my future son in law, if I knew my daughter was with you for all this time. Then I wouldn't be so worried right now." After that, Layla whispered something to his ear. "Is there something happen to both of you?" Gray just sighed in response. He wanted to say to her that a lot of something beyond his expectation was happened but, if he said that it was the same with you dig your own grave.

On the other hand, Lucy felt so irritated with her situation right now and she decided to leave all of them and entered her room which made everyone wonder what had happened to her swing mood. "Geez mom, that's enough! I am tired and I am off, don't disturb me until I am out of my room."

Gray's POV

On the tomorrow morning we acted as usual at the school even in the class and acted there was nothing happen. But, it didn't last long until, our friends started to wonder what had happened to both of us till we absent the class. "Whoho look who is here, our precious and brilliant Gray Fullbuster!" that was what Loke said before he punch my arms.

"You were absent on Physics class yesterday, even Gildarts sensei as your faculty trustee wondering where you about. And what made me curious is, not only you were missing but Lucy too on the same day. Is she relating with your absent in the class yesterday?" I jolt in surprise hearing Loke assumption. But here, I must look calm so that, he won't accuse any weird things to me. "Where did you get that? Of course not, I have diarrhea yesterday. So, I couldn't go anywhere."

"Hm…..but I also wonder about what is that red thing on your neck. Is that a kiss mark?" Loke smirked and give me his smiling tease. Oh no! I even forget that thing, yet I wear an open neck clothes like this. I started to curse myself for not realizing that simple things. I just smiled weirdly at him. "Ehehe…..why you said that? It is not, I got this thing because of a mosquito bite me."

"Ah…., I know it already, and the mosquito is Lucy right?" I wrong to assume that Loke will stop his tease after I told him my fake explanation. Instead of nodding his head for agreement, he just kept teasing me which made me blush like a boiled crab like now.

"What? You are talking nonsense, Loke."

"Look your face was all red hahaha. But you know, not only me that have been realize about the thing on your neck but, the whole class already did. You should give your thanks to me that I am asking to you and you could give your explanation. But with them, they are just imagining thing like what I said before."

Well, it was right now all of the eyes in the class staring at me with weird looks and they were giggling. How come I couldn't realize it? I believe this day will be doom day for me.

Then it was when I could feel someone slapped my shoulder, "Come on dude! Even there were witnesses that yesterday you were going out with Lucy after calculus class. Just admit it already!" once again he was laughing until he sat on his seat.

"Hey, I always go home with her, since it was my parents order." Now, I started to feel irritated. Oh my god, why I felt so hot suddenly? I just wanted to vanish from this world right now.

Normal POV

It was already umpteenth time Levy looked at the clock and her cell phone. It was like she was waiting someone to come but actually that someone didn't come till now. Her worried expression was illustrated clearly on her face. Which made Natsu a pink-haired boy that sat besides her looking at her troubled expression. "Hey Levy, what's wrong with you? You seemed troubled."

"It was already our third class but Lucy hasn't shown up not only today she missed her class but also yesterday. I am just worried," said her while looking at him.

"Seriously?!" he said with his high pitched note, which made everyone in the class looking at him including the lecturer.

"What happened Mr. Dragneel? Have you found a formula to fix this problem?" said the lecturer while pointing out the problem about rotary object volume with a chalk on the board.

"Ehehe no sir, I am…I am just surprised…tha…that the problem is so difficult to solve." Then Levy just chuckled hearing Natsu's excuses.

"Maybe after the class was done we could give her a visit," He whispered to her while once in a while looking back at the front where the lecturer stood.

"Yeah."

"By the way, when your class is completed? If it is me I still have 1 more class for today and it will be end on 1 p.m."

"Nah, we will visit her after 3 p.m," said Natsu retorted.

Lucy's House

5 more days left before Saturday. Lucy just hopes that the day never comes, how come her parents just decide with whom she marry? And in such a young age? Knowing the news just made everything what she planned was wrecked. You know, she already have a plan to married on 25 but the next Saturday she just only 19 even she still need 1 more year to turn 20. She even didn't know what the Fullbusters thinking. They just made the idea without asking Lucy's agreement first.

Now, her head just got dizzier than before. She even didn't have any energy left to move her body. All she felt were pains attacked her whenever she moves. When she averted her gaze to the clock that hanging on the walls it pointed at 11 o'clock in the morning. Lucy even forgot that she have 5 hours of classes to be attended since 8 a.m. in the morning. Today she just wanted to rest. But, whenever she wanted to shut her eyes, her eyes were hurt like something burned inside it. Did she just have a fever?

Then Lucy could hear her mom shouting her name and the door opened revealing the blonde women. "Geez LUCY! What are you doing? You even skipped you breakfast, don't you have a class today?!"

"I just want to rest mom, my head dizzy." She replied like a zombie. Now, Lucy could even feel something acid was escaped from her stomach to her esophagus which made her want to puke.

"Oh my god, what happened to you? For god sake! You are burning." Layla walked to her side then touched her daughter's forehead with her hand. Then suddenly, Lucy jolted from her laying position and down from her bed to run inside the bathroom. She let everything out from her stomach. Now, all she could feel was something acid around her mouth. Maybe it was the consequences for her because she hadn't eaten any food since last night.

"Lucy! Are you okay?" Layla came to her with worried expression illustrated on her face. She kept rubbing her daughter's back while Lucy kept puking everything out from her empty stomach.

"I feel weak." Lucy started to stand by her own but fall after a sec.

"Hey, be careful luce." Layla helped her daughter to stand up but Lucy tried to shove her mother's hand and tried to stand by herself. Now her appearance completely like zombie who just awaken from the grave. Her blonde hair was all mess.

When she sat on the bed her mother brings her drink and chicken porridge to eat. Lucy just takes a bottle of water and drinks it right away. Made the water remaining half in the bottle. She felt like, her burning stomach cooling down. But, the neutral pH of the water that she drank can't neutralize her acid stomach. A moment after it, she wanted to puke again. Now her life was totally like in hell.

"Oh my god Lucy, you wanted to puke again?" Lucy just nodded weakly.

"But at least eat this food first, you need to eat."

"Bleeh. It felt like acid, I don't want it." Lucy put down the spoon back to it place.

Lucy's stomach started to grumble again, then all she could felt was something acid escaped again from her esophagus. Moreover, her head felt heavier than before, plus she felt all hot over her body.

"I will go downstairs and called Silver to come with Gray too." Hearing Gray's name escaped from her mother's lips just made her wanted to puke again. If she recalled, it was him who made her sick. If she hasn't accepted his offer to go home or eating in that café, she wouldn't have got drunk and running wild under the heavy rain. But right now, Lucy was not in the state to rebel her mom. She just wanted to stay silent and save her little energy.

5 hours later, when it was the time for Lucy to go rest, she could hear something loud from downstairs. Well, thanks to her bedroom's open door, if she didn't mistakes the voices was belonged to Natsu and Levy.

"Aunt Layla, how is Lucy?! I heard that she was sick." Natsu got panicked and just barged in the room after Layla opened the door for them to come in.

"Oi Natsu, behave we are in someone house." Erza said while punched Natsu's head making him ouch-ed himself.

Layla giggling reacting to Natsu behavior, inside her heart she felt like she was happy knowing that Lucy had friends like them. "Ara…ara…Levy-chan I thought that it was only you who came to visit Lucy. But, there's Erza and Natsu too, oh my god Gray! You also came I thought that you didn't come since your father only come alone to check Lucy's condition."

Hearing those words Gray just stood coolly, though actually he felt something knocking his heart which made his heart beating 'abnormally'. But hey! Of course he didn't come together with his dad since he had to attend his classes. But for some reason, he didn't know why he decided to come to visit her. Since his dad's text this afternoon he just decided that he won't come to visit her. Yet, he was sitting in Lucy's living room with Levy, Natsu, Erza and Lucy's mom.

"So what happened to Lucy by the way?" asked Natsu who already lost his patience.

"Oh my god, I didn't know that you really worried about Lucy's condition, son." Layla said while glancing towards Gray for a sec. Great, I just didn't know what is your plan today? aunt Layla. Gray said to himself while sighing.

"Yeah, because she is my best friend!" said Natsu confidently while showing his teeth.

Tch, best friend my ass. Gray said to himself again while turned away his face.

"I am so worried about her since she hadn't replied my text and my call this morning. And also she didn't come to class yesterday too. When you told me that she got sick through the phone, it made us more worried. But, we really intended to visit her to check on her condition before we knew from you that she was sick," explained Levy.

"Lucy is really lucky then to have friends like you, you want to look her? But please don't be shocked since she was in her worst appearance."

"Lucy, your friends are here to visit you." Layla said while knocking her open door. When they first enter Lucy's room it was like they were entering haunted room, since there was just a little bit light who came through the closed curtain. Moreover, the smell of typical aromatherapy oil was tickling their nostrils.

"Is it me or I feel something astral present in this room?" whispered Natsu to Erza.

"Yeah, it is too spooky." Erza replied while she grab Natsu's arm for all of sudden.

When they were in front of Lucy's bed the first one who jolted in surprise was Levy and Erza. "Hoamh…..who?" Lucy squinted her eyes, her hair was a mess like a lion, both of her eyes started to look like a panda. But, in Levy and Erza's eyes Lucy was like a supernatural being who just awaken from the grave.

"Waaaaa!" they shouted in unison.

"Is…is that you, Luce?" asked Erza who still hugging Levy.

"Oh, Erza, Levy, Natsu and…." When her brown orbs saw Gray's figure stand next to her mother made her wide awake. Oh no, why he was here? She thought that he wouldn't be here since he was supposed to come with his father. Lucy even found that Gray was giggling or actually hold his laugh due to Lucy appearance. Oh no, this one guy really know how to make Lucy irritated.

"Wh…why this person also here?!" she pointed out.

"Ah Gray-kun also worry about you." Layla said gently towards her daughter.

"You really look like a zombie you know." Gray commented, which made Lucy blushed. Hey! Why she blushed? Knowing that Gray still laughing Lucy threw hit him with pillow in order to shoo him.

"You, you go away! I don't want to see you!" Her energy just comes up right away.

"Oh my god! My head dizzy." Natsu caught her in a right time before she falls from her bed, which made Gray grunted.

"Hey Lucy, be careful or you will fall."

"Ah thanks Natsu, I just didn't expect this idiot to come."

"Lucy! It is inappropriate to say like that!" yelled Layla.

"Yeah…yeah…."

"Oh my god Lucy! You really are in the bad shape you know and you are also burning." Levy commented while touched Lucy's forehead.

"So what happened to you?" asked Erza who already sat beside her.

"Uhm…stomach acid? At least that was what I felt since I woke up."

"I will leave you all here, if you need something just go downstairs." Layla said before leaving them in Lucy's room.

After Layla go downstairs, somehow Lucy's room became noisy. Thanks to Natsu and Gray who always fight whenever they met. Especially if it was about Lucy. "Why are you here Popsicle?!"

"You just made Lucy worst, you know!" Natsu folded his arm.

"It was up to me, you have no right to ban me!" Gray retorted.

"What?! Of course I have! She is my best friend!"

"What did you say flame brain?!" Now their head were collided.

"Now you go away!"

"No, it was you who go away!"

A vein started to pop out on Erza's head. Then she hit both of the male head until they were in pain. "I thought that you were friends." Erza started to emit her evil aura which made everyone shiver.

"Of course we are friends! Natsu! Gray!" They said in unison while hugging.

"I wonder why they are always like that, whenever they met." Levy sighed, but Lucy just giggled somehow she found that Natsu and Gray were cute.

When Gray got the chance to stay close to Lucy, he whispered something to her which made her surprised. "I am sorry." Lucy didn't even know why he said sorry to her. It was rare to see Gray like that. If she could remember, he was the last person to say sorry if something happen or we could say he was 'A man who always right'.

Without saying any words again after he said sorry to her. He just stood up and walk away, leaving her dumbfounded didn't know what had just happened. She even didn't believe that it was Gray who said that word to her.

-to be continued-